Jonathan Winters, genius improv and comic, has died

April 12, 2013 10:20 AM

He died of natural causes. "I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it."
posted by old_growler (14 comments total)

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posted by notyou at 10:21 AM on April 12, 2013

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posted by RakDaddy at 10:22 AM on April 12, 2013

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I was always rather fond of him.
posted by Kitteh at 10:23 AM on April 12, 2013

I will ., but Jonathan Winters deserves a better FPP than this.
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 10:23 AM on April 12, 2013 [3 favorites]

I don't think Maude Frickert would let this stop her.
posted by ardgedee at 10:24 AM on April 12, 2013

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posted by cnanderson at 10:25 AM on April 12, 2013

I know he deserves better, but I just wanted to get the news out. Sorry for my lameness. Here he is on Jack Parr.
posted by old_growler at 10:25 AM on April 12, 2013

Has anyone told his father, Mork?
posted by jonmc at 10:27 AM on April 12, 2013 [1 favorite]

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posted by magstheaxe at 10:29 AM on April 12, 2013

> I know he deserves better, but I just wanted to get the news out.

He'll still be dead a half hour hence.
posted by ardgedee at 10:31 AM on April 12, 2013 [1 favorite]

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posted by Samuel Farrow at 10:31 AM on April 12, 2013

His comedy was truly so much stranger than most people realized.

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posted by benito.strauss at 10:32 AM on April 12, 2013

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posted by 1367 at 10:32 AM on April 12, 2013

jonmc: I'm hoping that one news outlet will have a M&M fan brave enough to use a picture of a fetus as Jonathan Winters.
posted by dr_dank at 10:33 AM on April 12, 2013 [3 favorites]